PSY 333 Exam 1 (University of Kentucky) Study Guide: Abnormal Psychology
Foundations Review
four criteria for defining abnormal - ANS ✔✔deviance/ cultural appropriateness, distress,
dysfunction/ psychological disability, danger
DSM5 - ANS ✔✔Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
what are the two concepts of happiness? - ANS ✔✔Eudaemonic well being, Hedonic well being
living a pleasurable life, free of pain
What are the methods for researching psychopathology? - ANS ✔✔case studies,
Epidemiological research, correlational research, experimental research
What are the early approaches to dealing with mental health when conceptualized as
possession - ANS ✔✔
the contributions of Hippocrates - ANS ✔✔Classified mental orders, phobias, epilepsy, mania,
melancholia and paranoia. Believed that psychological abnormalities were caused by 4 humors:
Yellow Bile, black bile, blood, phlegm.
the contributions of Pinel - ANS ✔✔helped patients get out of mental hospitals in the medieval
times
the contributions of Dix - ANS ✔✔advocated for legal protections and greater funding for
treatment
the contributions of Descartes - ANS ✔✔argued for dualism, the concept that the mind and
body are separate entities
, hysteria - ANS ✔✔a broad term to describe emotional and physical symptoms without a known
organic cause. It encompassed ,any symptom presentations
hysteria symptom presentations - ANS ✔✔Anesthesia: the loss of feelings of touch, typically in
one part of the body
Hemianesthesia: anesthesia on one side of the body
Abasia- a loss of ability to walk ; but in hysteria, without a physical cause
what are the Alternative cultural perspectives? - ANS ✔✔Mental Health not restricted to
european culture or history
contributions of Linehan, - ANS ✔✔developed dialectical behavior therapy to treat BPD
contributions of Clark - ANS ✔✔the first psychologist to have her work used in a supreme court
ruling, focused on segregation and personality development
contributions of Bernal - ANS ✔✔founded the national hispanic psych association and focused
on training clinicians from underrepresented backgrounds, with a focus on ethnic and cultural
psychology
What is the biopsychosocial approach - ANS ✔✔If a patient begins to experience schizophrenia
early in life, that likely results from a biological cause ; however, their functioning and the
severity of symptoms may relate to their capacity to cope and their access to services and
supports
case studies - ANS ✔✔The assessment and description of a single individual , including the
symptoms,environment, and personal history
Foundations Review
four criteria for defining abnormal - ANS ✔✔deviance/ cultural appropriateness, distress,
dysfunction/ psychological disability, danger
DSM5 - ANS ✔✔Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
what are the two concepts of happiness? - ANS ✔✔Eudaemonic well being, Hedonic well being
living a pleasurable life, free of pain
What are the methods for researching psychopathology? - ANS ✔✔case studies,
Epidemiological research, correlational research, experimental research
What are the early approaches to dealing with mental health when conceptualized as
possession - ANS ✔✔
the contributions of Hippocrates - ANS ✔✔Classified mental orders, phobias, epilepsy, mania,
melancholia and paranoia. Believed that psychological abnormalities were caused by 4 humors:
Yellow Bile, black bile, blood, phlegm.
the contributions of Pinel - ANS ✔✔helped patients get out of mental hospitals in the medieval
times
the contributions of Dix - ANS ✔✔advocated for legal protections and greater funding for
treatment
the contributions of Descartes - ANS ✔✔argued for dualism, the concept that the mind and
body are separate entities
, hysteria - ANS ✔✔a broad term to describe emotional and physical symptoms without a known
organic cause. It encompassed ,any symptom presentations
hysteria symptom presentations - ANS ✔✔Anesthesia: the loss of feelings of touch, typically in
one part of the body
Hemianesthesia: anesthesia on one side of the body
Abasia- a loss of ability to walk ; but in hysteria, without a physical cause
what are the Alternative cultural perspectives? - ANS ✔✔Mental Health not restricted to
european culture or history
contributions of Linehan, - ANS ✔✔developed dialectical behavior therapy to treat BPD
contributions of Clark - ANS ✔✔the first psychologist to have her work used in a supreme court
ruling, focused on segregation and personality development
contributions of Bernal - ANS ✔✔founded the national hispanic psych association and focused
on training clinicians from underrepresented backgrounds, with a focus on ethnic and cultural
psychology
What is the biopsychosocial approach - ANS ✔✔If a patient begins to experience schizophrenia
early in life, that likely results from a biological cause ; however, their functioning and the
severity of symptoms may relate to their capacity to cope and their access to services and
supports
case studies - ANS ✔✔The assessment and description of a single individual , including the
symptoms,environment, and personal history
